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As part of the 20th round of the Fastex Premier League, Armenian champion/cupholder Noah hosted CSKA Moscow. The team led by Sandro Perkovic is in fourth place in the standings with 32 points before this match, while the "army" are in eighth place with 15 points.
Both teams started the match actively, “Noah” forced Argishti Petrosyan and his teammates to retreat to their own half of the field. “Noah” had a scoring opportunity, the army team did not allow them to make the last shot, but it was dangerous for them. After that episode, the home team did not lose their vigilance and in the 14th minute of the match, taking advantage of a mistake by Armen Gyulbudaghyants’ boys, Marin Jakolish addressed the ball to Matheus Ayas, who opened the score of the match (1:0), scoring his fifth goal of the current season. In the middle of the half, the pace of the game dropped, but the guests tried to approach the goal defended by Artur Koneglyan from time to time.
In the second half, Helder Ferreira and his teammates again showed active football, in the online table "Noah" has 35 points and is slightly behind the top three, "Urartu", who will compete with "Gandzasar" from Kapan today. Substitutes Takuto Oshima and Nardin Mulahusejnovic organized a beautiful play in the 60th minute of the match where they could have doubled their advantage, but they failed to complete it.
During the second 45 minutes of the match, the teams changed places. In the first half, Noah was the master of the situation and managed to open the score, but in modern football, a one-goal advantage (1:0) is dangerous when the opponent shows activity, which CSKA did. However, in the 60th minute of the match, Helder Ferreira doubled his team's advantage, which was not recorded. Due to the offside situation by Artem Gasparyan, the score remained unchanged. However, almost a minute later, the home team received the right to a penalty kick and the Portuguese footballer approached the ball again, after whose shot the ball crossed the goalkeeper's line. The 28-year-old striker scored his 24th goal for Noah, equaling Artur Mirakyan, who is the fourth top scorer in the club's history.
In the next round, "Noa" will visit "Gandzasar", while "CSKA" will host "Shirak" of Gyumri at home.